Supply management is bad for consumers, for Canada, and even for dairy farmers

By Sarah PittmanJun. 25, 2018

Trumpâ€™s targeted attacks of supply management should not deter us from the reality that we need to dismantle it.

Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland is Canada's lead on NAFTA renegotiations. Defending supply management through those talks may jeopardize Canada's chances for success, writes Sarah Pittman. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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Say what you will about United States President Donald Trumpâ€™s G7 summit attendance earlier this month, he did manage to do one thing: rally a lot of Canadians against him. A lot of what Trump said is nonsense, and Canadians are right to be angry. However, Trumpâ€™s targeted attacks of supply management should not deter us from the reality that we need to dismantle it. Ironically, calling out Canada on supply management may be the only thing that

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